England Cricket Thread 2011

[Chris Smith]

Bad light again. Truly stupid and indefensible.

Agreed, I'm 4 miles away and the light is perfectly fine and my floodlights are rubbish.

[hilts_coolerking]

700.  Phenomenal.

[PaulWinch again]

Insane against the supposed number 1 side in the World. Now hurry up Cook get your 300 and declare.

[Colhint]

did Gower just fart then?

[PaulWinch again]

Brilliant from Cooky, unlucky he didn't get his 300 but fantastic innings.

[hilts_coolerking]

did Gower just fart then?

I doubt it, but if he did it would smell of roses.

[TheTimVilla]

A question for anyone actually at the ground.

Is this as dull as its sounding on the radio ?

I've been watching this all day, it's been great.

Gutted for Cook, to be so close to 300. And he's back on the field already - take note, Sehwag!

[PaulWinch again]

Sehwag king pair!!!!

[hilts_coolerking]

What a beauty.  Christ almighty that's gotta hurt.  Fielding forever and bat for two deliveries.

[TheTimVilla]

Sehwag king pair!!!!

Good! Suits his attitude; his teammates must hate him. All that time stropping off the field or lazily fielding.

[PaulWinch again]

What a beauty.  Christ almighty that's gotta hurt.  Fielding forever and bat for two deliveries.

Well Sehwag didn't field forever!

[hilts_coolerking]

Remains to be seen how the second innings goes but apart from Dravid and Kumar none of the Indians have looked remotely interested in this series.  I guess with all the money they make from the IPL and domestic endorsements, Test cricket is something of a long, boring and difficult distraction.

[1_Pablo_Angel]

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[PaulWinch again]

Remains to be seen how the second innings goes but apart from Dravid and Kumar none of the Indians have looked remotely interested in this series.  I guess with all the money they make from the IPL and domestic endorsements, Test cricket is something of a long, boring and difficult distraction.

I think Tendulkar has cared, just not been in good form.

[hilts_coolerking]

I think Tendulkar has cared, just not been in good form.

Maybe.  His body language, wandering around along the boundary, hasn't been good.  He hasn't looked particularly engaged with it to me.